You know, the nastiness and name calling don’t bother me so much. I came up through dK and I had already learned 2 important lessons- You are not your avatar, no matter how many hours you’ve invested (learned that one at Boston University where a pitiless Dungeon Master killed my favorite PC dead dead, no …
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Sep 23 2018
Overtime
Look, you have to understand I think Bill Maher is a total asshole even though he’s an avowed atheist because he’s militant and an Islamophobe when frankly it’s no more phony than Mormonisn or Christianity (Buddhism? It’s not a religion it’s a moral philosophy and Siddhartha Gautama is a real guy just like Aristotle and …
Sep 22 2018
So What’s Happening In Afghanistan?
You’ll be sorry you asked. In short form, we are losing, badly, to a bunch of guys running around with AK-47s which, to be equitable, are fairly expensive weapons even in Kabul with a street price of $1,500 which is also about what brand new in-the-box Night Vision Glasses freshly looted from the U.S. Supply …
Sep 21 2018
Anita Hill
Wasn’t she a Law Clerk or something? Joe Hill was a very real guy, Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, a Swedish immigrant (White enough for you? Not Ben Franklin. Swedes are filthy mud people who smell of Herring and Punsch.). Anyway Joe wrote about half the Little Red Songbook of the Wobblies and is memorialized in most …
Sep 21 2018
Evil ek
I suppose I should have warned you about this before. I have an evil twin who looks exactly like me and has all my passwords. Now I realize this can cause some confusion so I have devised a foolproof test- if I say anything that diminishes your opinion of me as a suitable Supreme Court …
Sep 20 2018
The Threat
I have rejected all religions (including Paganism) and belive only in the study of philosophy. What is truth? Is it unchanging law? Oh this is new. Respect for Ceasar? Until now it has been noticably lacking. Evangelical Leaders Are Frustrated at G.O.P. Caution on Kavanaugh Allegation By Jeremy W. Peters and Elizabeth Dias, Washington Post …
Sep 19 2018
Sturm und Drang
Good for China? Too soon to tell. These quotes from Republicans give away their game on Kavanaugh By Greg Sargent, Washington Post September 19 2018 The Republicans’ strategy to get Brett Kavanaugh confirmed is to do the absolute minimum necessary to appear as if they are taking the sexual assault charges against him seriously — …
Sep 18 2018
Rum, Lime, Sugar
The Blender is optional as is the ice but you miss the “Slurpee” effect. Those who experience blackouts should refrain from using heavy and dangerous machinery.
Sep 18 2018
Democrats
I’m a Historian and part of the punishment was not only Economics 101 where I learned about Aggregate Demand and Supply (one metaphor is the difference between too cheap to meter and “I wonder what this puppy would do if I cranked it up to 11.” Instead of water I could sell buckets.) but also …
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